Joseph M. Lyon was one of the first lawyers in the country to investigate and represent an individual in a civil case arising from the BTS and Medtronic allograft tissue contamination that was being used in spinal surgeries.Currently the litigaiton is unresolved. The Associated Press interviewed Mr. Lyon about the notice and medical tests which showed some Plainitffs had the AIDS or hepatitis virus or syphilis bacteria - all of which can be acquired from infected tissue. The story received national and international coverage by CBS, Canadian TV, and MSNBC.
Above, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hanshaft displays an X-ray of an exhumed corpse showing that PVC plumbing pipes were inserted where the bones once were at a press conference in February. Michael Mastromarino, owner of Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, N.J., were charged along with three other men with carving up corpses and selling the parts. The parts then made their way into the distribution chain without proper FDA testing. As a result, all patients who received the parts were put at risk for infection.
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